Cannibalism and Necrophagy Promote a Resource Loop and Benefit Larval Development in Insects of Temporary Waters

by Valentina Mastrantonio, Graziano Crasta, Sandra Urbanelli, Daniele Porretta
Published 2021-07-01

Glacial history of a modern invader: phylogeography and species distribution modelling of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus.

by Daniele Porretta, Valentina Mastrantonio, Romeo Bellini, Pradya Somboon, Sandra Urbanelli
Published 2012-01-01

Cannibalism in temporary waters: Simulations and laboratory experiments revealed the role of spatial shape in the mosquito Aedes albopictus.

by Valentina Mastrantonio, Graziano Crasta, Arianna Puggioli, Romeo Bellini, Sandra Urbanelli, Daniele Porretta
Published 2018-01-01

Insecticide Exposure Triggers a Modulated Expression of ABC Transporter Genes in Larvae of Anopheles gambiae s.s.

by Valentina Mastrantonio, Marco Ferrari, Agata Negri, Tommaso Sturmo, Guido Favia, Daniele Porretta, Sara Epis, Sandra Urbanelli
Published 2019-03-01

Evolution of Adaptive Variation in the Mosquito <i>Culex pipiens</i>: Multiple Independent Origins of Insecticide Resistance Mutations

by Valentina Mastrantonio, Daniele Porretta, Valentina Lucchesi, Nurper Güz, Naciye Sena Çağatay, Romeo Bellini, John Vontas, Sandra Urbanelli
Published 2021-07-01

Intra-instar larval cannibalism in Anopheles gambiae (s.s.) and Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae)

by Daniele Porretta, Valentina Mastrantonio, Graziano Crasta, Romeo Bellini, Francesco Comandatore, Paolo Rossi, Guido Favia, Claudio Bandi, Sandra Urbanelli
Published 2016-11-01

Gene silencing through RNAi and antisense Vivo-Morpholino increases the efficacy of pyrethroids on larvae of Anopheles stephensi

by Agata Negri, Marco Ferrari, Riccardo Nodari, Edoardo Coppa, Valentina Mastrantonio, Sergio Zanzani, Daniele Porretta, Claudio Bandi, Sandra Urbanelli, Sara Epis
Published 2019-08-01

Identification and detection of a novel point mutation in the Chitin Synthase gene of Culex pipiens associated with diflubenzuron resistance.

by Emmanouil A Fotakis, Valentina Mastrantonio, Linda Grigoraki, Daniele Porretta, Arianna Puggioli, Alexandra Chaskopoulou, Hugo Osório, Mylène Weill, Romeo Bellini, Sandra Urbanelli, John Vontas
Published 2020-05-01